About Elizabeth S. Harris, MD
Dr. Elizabeth Harris was born in Chicago, Illinois. Art was her original interest and she enrolled in advanced education in painting and drawing, which resulted in both local and national awards including an art scholarship grant. Her interest in drawing and painting led to her to choose Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame to major in art and science, with the goal of becoming a medical illustrator. During her summers in college, Elizabeth Harris worked in several Chicago hospitals on both the medical and surgical floors. It was while she was working as a clerk in the operating room that she able to observe surgery and she developed an interest in this specialty. She was also exposed to the study of medicine by her father who was an internal medicine physician. Because of this experience, Dr. Elizabeth Harris developed a fascination for medicine and decided to become a surgeon. Elizabeth Harris attended medical school at Northwestern University. She was most inspired by her surgery rotation and planned to pursue plastic surgery as a means of utilizing her artistic talents in a surgical career. Dr. Elizabeth Harris completed both her general surgery and plastic surgery residencies at the University of Virginia. In addition, she completed a year of research studying “Factors Responsible for Minimizing Formation of Scars” and presented her findings at the American College of Surgeons. She is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a member of the prestigious American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
